Ask anyone for a list of the most prolific and artistic filmmakers, and Quentin Tarantino will most likely be on it. His work is so distinctively identifiable that anyone who views one of his films will instantly recognise it as his. In addition to the artistic use of...

“‘Director’ is not a description of what you do; it is something you become. You are a director 24/7. You should always have your ‘director senses’ alert.” The idea that you have to use all of your senses to be a great director is one that the author of The Director’s...

Filmmaking can seem like a daunting task, especially for the first time filmmaker. When you’re a teenager, that process seems even more intimidating. In Filmmaking For Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts 2nd Edition, Troy Lanier and Clay Nichols try to simplify the process...

After the success of The Hidden Tools of Comedy, Kaplan follows this up with an equally insightful book, The Comic Hero’s Journey. This time, Kaplan veers away from the more general successful tools and techniques of comedy (although he does incorporate several of the...

There is a universal assumption, albeit falsehood, that a film can only look cinematic if backed by a large budget. In his Master Shots books, Christopher Kenworthy exposes the inaccuracy of this bogus pool of thought – the cinematic look, in reality, doesn’t...